Guide for New Fans

This guide should help answer a few questions and teach you a summary of the groups history.

FAQ

Q. What is BABYMETAL?A. Babymetal (stylized as BABYMETAL) is a Japanese metal idol band.

Q.Why are they called BABYMETAL ?A. For an explanation of the name, see this video.

Q. Who are the members?A. Their line-up currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as “SU-METAL”and Moa Kikuchi as “MOAMETAL”.Yui Mizuno/”YUIMETAL” is the third founding member, however she left the group in October of 2018.

Q. If they get too old will they be replaced by new members?A. Only The Fox God Knows!

Q. Who is the Fox God?A. The Fox god is a deity that chose 3 young girls to be the saviours of Heavy Metal.

Q. No really, who is he/she/it?A. Only Koba Metal Knows!

Q. Who is Koba Metal?A. He is their Manager, Producer, and creative mastermind.

Q. Who are those skeleton guys in some of their videos?A. They are called BABYBONES. In early BABYMETAL shows they mimed playing instruments to playback.From mid-2012, a live band called Kami Band progressively took over accompaniment duties and now perform all music live at every concert.

Q. What is the Kami Band?A. The Kami band are gods of Metal sent to help BABYMETAL unite all the peoples of the world as ONE.For more information on the Kami Band (like who they are), see this guide.

Q. Will there be a support band at the shows?A. Maybe.They had none until mid-2017. Then in 2018 they had a support band at every solo show, and at most of them in 2019.

Q. What can I expect to see at one of their shows?A. Singing, dancing, and loud music.But in seriousness, look up videos on YouTube, that will give you a fair idea.

Q. How many Albums have BABYMETAL released?A. Two so far. Their debut album which was self titled “BABYMETAL” in 2014, and their second album “Metal Resistance” in 2016. They have an upcoming 3rd album with a release in 2019, but no name or date given.

Q. Where can I buy these albums?A. You can find a list of stores to purchase BABYMETAL goods here. But you can also find them pretty much anywhere albums can be bought (Amazon, for example).

Q. What or who is THE ONE?A. There are many references to THE ONE in BABYMETAL’s world.Su has described BABYMETAL and their fans as being “THE ONE”.THE ONE is also the name of the official “fanclub”, and the title of the final song on their second album Metal Resistance.

Q. How do I join THE ONE “fanclub”?What does it include?A. For all questions related to THE ONE, see this guide.

Q. What region are the live DVDs and Blu-rays?A. All BABYMETAL live DVDs and Blu-rays are region free.

Q. Do they have meet and greets for V.I.P.’s, or handshake events ?A. No.

Q. What is Sakura Gakuin (SG)?A. Sakura Gakuin is a Japanese idol girl group formed in 2010 by Amuse. The group typically contains between 10 and 12 members at a time who fall between the ages of 10 and 15.

Q. Ok, but what has that got to do with BABYMETAL?A. BABYMETAL was originally a subunit (or sub group) within Sakura Gakuin.

Q. Is BABYMETAL still a part of Sakura Gakuin?A. No. It is now a separate group.

Q. Are any of BABYMETAL still in Sakura Gakuin?A. No, Suzuka graduated in March 2013, meanwhile Yui and Moa graduated in March 2015.

Only The Fox God Knows (OTFGK)A phrase commonly used by BABYMETAL when they want to appear mysterious or don’t know the answer to a question in interviews

Ainote

The “scream” parts from Yui or Moa.

Seitansai

The shows performed for a members birthday.

Kamishibai

The lore/videos shown during the live shows.

“Business Reasons”

Used commonly when answering a question about “why the girls don’t have social media accounts”, “why don’t we get pictures of them”, or things like that. The origin is a tweet Hana (ex-Sakura Gakuin member) made in early 2016, saying she couldn’t upload a picture of her with Moa because of “#BusinessReasons”.